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Conceptual challenges for advancing the socio-technical underpinnings of health informatics
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-17, 04:31 authored by Whetton, SG, Georgiou, AThis discussion paper considers the adoption of socio-technical perspectives and their theoretical and practical influence within the discipline of health informatics. . The paper highlights the paucity of discussion of the philosophy, theory and concepts of socio-technical perspectives within health informatics. Instead of a solid theoretical base from which to describe, study and understand human-information technology interactions we continue to have fragmented, unelaborated understandings. This has resulted in a continuing focus on technical system performance and increasingly managerial outputs to the detriment of social and technical systems analysis It has also limited critical analyses and the adaptation of socio-technical approaches beyond the immediate environment to the broader social systems of contemporary society, an expansion which is increasingly mandated in today’s complex health environment.
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Publication title
Open Medical Informatics JournalVolume
4Pagination
221-224ISSN
1874-4311Department/School
School of Health SciencesPublisher
Bentham OpenPlace of publication
NetherlandsRights statement
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